Mouse optical signal process method and device

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and a device for processing optical signals in a computer mouse, which is related to electric digital data processing. The method is that the relative displacement vector between the mouse device and the illuminated object surface producing laser speckles is reflected by means of collecting movement information of laser speckle signals. The device for carrying out the method consists of a mouse body; inside said mouse body, an amplifying and shaping module, a direction identifying and counting module and a computer interface circuit for processing photoelectric signals are disposed and connected in sequence, characterized in that, said device further includes at least one laser device and a photo sensor for receiving laser speckle signals from the object surface illuminated by laser beams. Said photo sensor transfers the received photoelectric signals to the amplifying and shaping module. This invention has a simple structure, high technical feasibility and high precision.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to electric digital data processing, and more particularly, to a method and a device for processing optical signals in a computer mouse. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Since computer mouse came into being at the end of 1968, the following four generations, which are divided from a technical view point, have been developed, [0003] (1) Mechanical Mouse: [0004] The operation principle of the mechanical mouse lies in the use of the rotary ball at the bottom of the mouse, i.e. when the rotary ball physically contacts the surface of the table and rotates to different directions, it drives the pressure rotary shafts in different directions to rotate. These rotary shafts are connected to a circular coder on which contacts are arranged in a circle. The rotation of the rotary ball is transferred through pressure shafts to enable the contacts to be in contact with contact strips so as to produce on-off signals which are further transformed into 0-1 s...

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Benefits of technology

[0027] According to the present invention, the relative displacement vector between the laser signal source in the mouse device and the illuminated object surface producing laser speckles is reflected by means of collecting movement information of laser speckle signals. This purely photo technology overcomes all the disadvantages of the mechanical device. It has a simple structure, high technical feasibility, high precision, and may greatly increase the precision and speed of measurement with economic methods.

Problems solved by technology

Because this type of mouse is of a purely mechanical structure, it has the inherited disadvantages of low precision and vulnerability, and it is now hardly found on the market.

However, as the basic positioning mechanism of this type of mouse is still the mechanical rotary ball, just like the conventional mechanical mouse, it will cause the cursor to move slowly or jump resulting in wrong positioning.

This is mainly due to the dust attached on the inside rotary shafts.

As this type of photo mouse has to be operated on a special mouse pad which needs to be always clean, it is not convenient to use the mouse.

Therefore, it has not been popularized widely.

However, due to the complicated principle and structure, its cost remains high, and due to the limitation of the technological and cost factors, its reacting speed is not sufficient.

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